Members of the North Carolina House of Representatives paused their calendar on March 19 to honor Greensboro Police Officer Michael Horan, who was killed in the line of duty in December 2024. The Guilford County delegation submitted a representative statement that was read and entered into the House journal; family members and law-enforcement leaders were recognized in the gallery.

Representative Jerry Allen Branson read remarks noting Officer Horan’s service to the Greensboro Police Department since September 2017 and his prior service in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve. Branson described Horan’s assignments to the department’s violent-crime-reduction team, crimes-against-persons unit and special events team, and said Horan served as an instructor for rapid-deployment and active-shooter training.

Other members of the Guilford delegation shared condolences and described meeting Horan’s family. Representative Amos Quick and Representative Tracy Clark both said they had met with the officer’s family; Clark noted the delegation donated $1,000 to the Tunnel to Towers Foundation in Horan’s memory. Representative Pricey Harrison and others described statewide law-enforcement tributes that followed the officer’s death. The House chair extended the courtesies of the gallery to members of Horan’s family, including his wife Courtney Horan and his parents, and to Police Chief John Thompson of the Greensboro Police Department.

Later in the session the clerk read a formal representative statement into the record that detailed Horan’s birth date, military and law-enforcement honors, and survivors. The statement was ordered spread across the journal.

The House adjourned the session “in honor and memory of Officer Michael Horan,” and members were asked to remain in their seats during that motion.